Coal-oil burner.



PatentedDec. 30, 1913.

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UNITED PATENT OFFICE;

CHARLES E. GODLEY, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE EDMUNDS & JONES MFG. 00., OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

coAIi-orL BURNER.

Specification of LettersP-atent.

, a citizen of the United States, residing gat Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State tr Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coal-Oil Burners, and I dodeclare the following to be a full, c1ear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompany-- ing drawings, and tothe characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Thisinvention relates to'an oil'burner for lamps, especially designed for automobile use but adaptable for other purposes, and consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully set forth and pointed out particularly in the claim.

The object of the invention is to produce a burner 0f the character described of simple and inexpensive construction wherein the arrangement is such as to cause a strong flow of oil throughthe wick to supply the flame; to gasify the oil by the presence of heat at the point of combustion, and .to hold the center of the flame down substantially on a level with the-ends or terminals thereof to I so obviate smoking and to render the flame broad compared with the width of the wick.

The above object is attained by the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 isa view partly'in section showing my improved burner mounted in an oil font. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the burner and font. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sect'on through the burner. Fig. 4 is'a sectimal' view through the burner wick tube at right angles to Fig. 3.

Referring to the characters of reference, 1 designates the tapered stem of the burner which is adapted to enter a correspondingly tapered seat Zdepending from the top of the oil font 3, the burner being locked in position insaid seat by reason of the lugs 4 on the stem thereof, which engage in slots 5 in the burner seat. Passing through the stem of the burner is a wick tube '6 into which journaled in the burner stem and carrying on its outer end the knurled thumb wheel 9. The wick 10 passes throughthe tube 6 and projects from the upper end of said tube into :the fitting '11 carried thereby and .formed of relatively thick metal to alford the necessary heat retaining quality. This fitting is crescent shaped and is 'concavo-convex in cross section, the terminals thereof describing outwardly and upwardly project- 1ng prongs 12 which extend well beyond the edges of the wick tube and above its upper end. The crescent shaped fitting 11 is proyide d at the center with an upwardly proecting finger 13 on each side thereof, said fingers curving inwardly above the upper end of the wick tube.

which is in elfect a flaring enlargement of the upper end of the wick tube, becomes in tensely heated and being of considerable thickness the heat is retained so that the the wick vaporizes the oil, causing it to burn as a gas above the wick end, obviating to a great extent the charring of the wick and producing a comparatively white flame. The projecting prongs which form a curved trough on each side of the wick tube tend to draw the flame out to a much greater width than in the-common burner. The usual tendency in the flame from an oil supplied wick to burn to a point is overcome by the presence of the opposed inwardly bent fingers 13. which hold down-the flame at the center substantially on a plane with the sides of the flame, thereby obviating smoking, These bent fingers 13 together with the concave fitting serve to hold the flame around the wick, thereby making it difficult to extinguish the flame by a draft or by vibration.

By maintaining a high degree "of heat around the upper end of the wick the flow of oil through the wick to the point of comburning the wick and insuring a steady and bright flame.

project the ratchet wheels 7 on the shaft 8 Patented Dec.30, 1913.

Upon lighting the burner the fitting 11,

presence thereof around the upper'end of hustion is accelerated, thereby obviating 2 weenie .Having thus fully set forth my invention, be heated by the lower edge of the flame prowhat I claim as new and desire to secure by duced by the burner. 10 Letters Patent, is In testimony whereof, I sign this specifica- An oil burner comprising a wick tube, 21 tion in the presence of two witnesses. 5 concavo crescent shaped cup located at the CHARLES E. GODLEY,

upper end of the said tube, said fitting hav- Witnesses: ing opposed slender fingers the ends of MARIE BROESAMLE,

which are turned inwardly and adapted to E. S. WHEELER.

Copier of thil patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 3). i1! 

